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UC Merced Hosting Black History Month Events

February 8, 2007
MERCED, CA— UC Merced students and the Office of Student Life are sponsoring two events to celebrate Black History Month. The first is a speech and spoken-word contest in which area high school and college students can compete. The competition is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23, in...

Medical School Planning Continues Moving Forward

February 2, 2007
The proposed medical school for UC Merced is getting down to business. A planning group comprised of academic leaders from UC Merced, UC San Francisco, UC Davis and UCSF Fresno met in December to discuss options for a medical education program in the San Joaquin Valley, leading to a medical school...

Student Achiever Jessica Zenger Learning the Finer Points of Balance

February 2, 2007
Sophomore engineering student Jessica Zenger has already proven she’s ingenious. Not only has she mastered the nuts and bolts of integrated calculus and physics, but she’s proven adept at sophisticated time management, as well. She commutes between classes in Merced and her weekend job at the...

Students and Parents: Federal Aid Deadline is Fast Approaching

February 1, 2007
MERCED, CA— Even if students don’t think they qualify, they should file their Free Application for Federal Student Aid by March 2. That’s the advice UC Merced’s financial aid officials offer to all students, regardless of income. In fact, UC Merced has new grant and scholarship programs this year...

UC Merced Radio Club Wants Your Ear

January 26, 2007
Right before UC Merced’s opening ceremonies, Chris Ayeni and a friend were chatting about their favorite music and which are the must-listen radio stations in Merced. He remembers thinking wouldn’t it be cool if the campus had its own radio station? Now, just over a year later, Ayeni’s idea is...

UC Merced's Mom-Away-From-Home Loves Working with Students

January 19, 2007
It’s no wonder UC Merced students call Joy Von Mueller the “mom of the university.” There’s almost no one she doesn’t know by name, and she always greets her Lantern Café customers with a genuine smile. Von Mueller, a senior food service worker, started with UC Merced just before its grand opening...

Service Learning: Projects that Foster Legacies

January 19, 2007
Students signing up for Robin DeLugan’s Anthropology 1: Introduction to Socio-cultural Anthropology probably weren’t expecting to spend part of their class at the local mall. But through the class’ service-learning project, that’s exactly what happened. From the feedback I read, a lot of students...

Steve Kang Named New UC Merced Chancellor

January 17, 2007
MERCED, CA — Acting on the recommendation of University of California President Robert C. Dynes, the UC Board of Regents today (Jan. 17) appointed UC Santa Cruz engineering dean Sung-Mo (Steve) Kang as chancellor of UC Merced. Kang replaces Carol Tomlinson-Keasey who stepped down last August after...

Hollywood History: Child Star Baby Peggy at UC Merced Jan. 24

January 17, 2007
MERCED, CA— Only 19 months after her birth in Merced, Peggy-Jean Montgomery was “discovered” on a visit to Century Studios with her mother. Within a year she was one of the biggest child stars in Hollywood, appearing in nearly 150 short films and nine features during her career as Baby Peggy....

Meet the New Boss: Chancellor-Designate Steve Kang Greets Campus

January 16, 2007
His term doesn’t start until March 1, but as soon as Chancellor-designate Sung-Mo “Steve” Kang found out he had the job, he asked UC President Robert Dynes if he could start work the next day. In mid-January, Chancellor Kang paid his first official visit to the campus, meeting faculty, staff and...

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